Swimming With Sparkling Plankton on Koh Rong’s Long Beach

Swimming With Sparkling Plankton on Koh Rong’s Long Beach

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info.  If I haven’t already convinced you to visit the beautiful Cambodian island Koh Rong, you’ll be packing your bags after this post. This winter I spent a few days in Cambodian island paradise, cut off from the internet, technology and sometimes electricity! On […]

Cambodia’s Killing Fields

Cambodia’s Killing Fields

While I may have put you off of Phnom Penh by talking about all my friends getting robbed there, a visit to Cambodia’s capital is a must for any visitor to the country. It’s an odd feeling, visiting a country that has experienced genocide so recently. Atrocities that occurred only a few decades ago are still […]

Getting Robbed in Cambodia

Getting Robbed in Cambodia

Shit happens. Things break, people get sick, valuables get stolen. Sometimes you step on a sea urchin and wind up in surgery, other times you get robbed by motorbike… twice… less than an hour apart. Getting Robbed It was my very first day in Cambodia. I was planning on exploring the city, checking out the […]

48 Hours in Phnom Penh

48 Hours in Phnom Penh

With two weeks off for my inter-semester break, I decided to book a trip to Cambodia. I can tell you now, two weeks is not enough! There’s so much to do and see here, and it’s easy to feel rushed when most of the backpackers you meet are traveling on open-ended trips with unlimited time. […]